Various Artists - Music of Bahamas 3 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

When reading Samuel Charters' saga of his search for Frederick McQueen, one gets the sense that he is chasing a ghost on the Bahamas' largest island of Andros - coincidentally known for it's mysticism and unearthly objects. What Charters discovers, however, is one of the country's greatest ballad singers and in the process recorded several examples of the dying art of Bahamian three-part contrapuntal singing, as on InchPytoria (Run, Come See Jerusalem)Inch or InchA Great Day is ComingInch.

2019 features three brand new songs featured on the 2019 sold-out live tour - all songs previously unavailable on CD - and a first-time ever Holographic foil cover.

In this collection of Religious Songs and Drums in the Bahamas, Marshall Stearns demonstrates the strong external influences on Bahamian music and culture. The religious music by the Baptist-Methodist Group and the Congregation of the Church of God suggest a certain influence of American gospel music, while the drumming of the InchRing Game,Inch InchHeel and Toe Polka,Inch and InchJumping DanceInch indicate a continuance of African drumming traditions with the scraping element of a saw, unique to Bahamian Inchrake 'n' scrapeInch music.